After posting in the photos thread it was suggested that I give this thread a bump. Nice to remember travelling during these times.
I went on a tour of Patagonia in January 2018, during its summertime but its still cold and the wind was ferocious.
The landscapes in Patagonia are outstanding, the highlight was Parque Nacional Torres del Paine which is dominated by the iconic mountain range. It is one of the places where you feel like you should take a photograph with every step and every slight change in angle. I'll just put up my favourite though:
In terms of wildlife there were guanacos everywhere, not just in the park but in most of patagonia as well. You would often see them on the side of the roads as well as rheas.
There are pumas in the park as well, we went out one dawn trying to find them but unfortunately only found some recently killed guanacos. This was the same place as the puma footage from the recent Attenborough show.
Other wildlife included foxes, Cara Caras and an armadillo that lived on the campsite I was staying at that scurried around happily all day.
The other big hitter in Patagonia is the Perito Moreno Glaciar, the faster moving glaciar in the world.
We got lucky on our trip there and spotted some condors:
Also spotting this guy with his recent catch:
Other cool sightings whilst I was in Patagonia was going to see the only King Penguin colony that isn't in Antarctica
I went to all these places on a 30 day tour from Santiago to Buenos Aires via Ushuaia with a company called Dragoman. There's a lot more I could have included but this is already the longest post I've done on here and feels very self indulgent.
